A hotel migrant who burst into a blind woman’s flat near Canary Wharf has this morning been arrested for common assault.
The man, aged in his 20s, was held in Hackney, east London, in the early hours of this morning.
He is said to have entered the house on Wednesday night after being followed by a group of men on the street and told to ‘go back to the hotel’ where anti-migrant protesters were gathered outside.
A spokesperson for the Met this morning said: ‘Our investigation continued on Thursday, with officers carrying out extensive CCTV enquiries and speaking to witnesses.
‘As a result of this, in the early hours of this morning – Friday, 15 August – we arrested a man in the Hackney area on suspicion of common assault. He is believed to be in his early 20s.
‘We can confirm that this is the man who allegedly entered the flat. He is now in police custody.’
A 22-year-old woman who was arrested on Wednesday evening and lives at the flat which was entered has since been charged with a number of offences.
Police officers guard the Britannia Hotel housing asylum seekers during a demonstration
Protestors have held demonstrations outside the hotel, opposing its use to house asylum seekers
Channay Augustus, 22, of Tower Hamlets has been charged with possession of an offensive weapon, affray, assault on an emergency worker, common assault and possession of cannabis.
The charges of affray and common assault relate to an altercation at the hotel on Wednesday evening.
The alleged victim of the common assault is a security guard at the hotel, not the man who allegedly entered her flat, police say.
Augustus has been remanded in custody to appear at Thames Magistrates’ Court later this morning.
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